Tandleman's Beer Blog

There has been a bit of a stooshie recently, following the Guardian - without consulting anyone meaningful about the matter - suggests that...

I've been at this old beer writing game for a long time, which is likely why I don't do it nearly as much as I used to. Thanks to th...

Well, it's all kicked off again. Sort of. Cask is dead, don't you know?  It isn't nearly a flame war, so beloved of us old Usene...

There has recently been a lot of chat on social media about an emerging practice, in some pubs, of forming an orderly line at the bar.  An a...

One of the fascinating things about London is how much of  "old" London remains and how, relatively, many of its pubs are still pr...

So, the Burton Unions are saved - well, one of the sets at least. As revealed by Pete Brown, or rather, as followed up by Pete, here in Dri...

Did you know that Melbourne has more trams than anywhere else? Well, I think that's what was said.  I can confirm at least the place was...

Moving on from Perth, which I really liked, via Kangaroo Island - hardly saw a one - the fair city of Adelaide was our next stop. On the way...

I'd previously been advised by a friend who visits Perth fairly frequently, not to miss the Lucky Shag pub. Not that you can miss it re...

Oh it's lonesome away from your kindred and all By the campfire at night where the wild dingoes call But there's nothing so lonesome...

Now we all know that the way to save cask beer from its inevitable demise is to charge more for it, don't we?  Well no. Of course not. W...

I heard recently of Union Street in Bermondsey as being a place worth a visit. Fortunately, E knew exactly where it is so following her dire...

 I'm a bit of a creature of habit when I come to London. First night, check the flat is in one piece then off to the Aldgate Tap for a ...

In these difficult and expensive - and it has to be said this winter -  bloody cold - times, it is rather pleasant to leave the dank and chi...

Hot on the heels of me writing about the difficulties some pubs are facing, causing them to operate on reduced hours, I read with a degree o...